Sec. 101. Modification of the Congressional Budget Act
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Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 631 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that would cause the spending limits as set forth in this section to be exceeded. In this section, the term spending limits means for fiscal year 2016— $2,832,215,000,000 in new budget authority; and $2,884,442,000,000 in outlays.
After the reporting of a bill or joint resolution relating to the global war on terrorism described in subsection (d), or the offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of a conference report thereon— the chair of the House or Senate Committee on the Budget may adjust the spending limits provided in this section for purposes of congressional enforcement, the budgetary aggregates in the concurrent resolution on the budget most recently adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives, and allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 633(a) ), by the amount of new budget authority in that measure for that purpose and the outlays flowing therefrom; and following any adjustment under paragraph (1), the House or Senate Committee on Appropriations may report appropriately revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 633(b) ) to carry out this subsection.
If a bill or joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that designates amounts for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A) ), the allowable adjustments provided for in subsection
(c)for fiscal year 2016 shall not exceed $58,000,000,000 in budget authority and the outlays flowing therefrom. It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that includes any provision that would cause total spending, except as excluded in subsection (b), to exceed the limits specified in section 316(b). Spending for the following functions is exempt from the limits specified in section 316 (b): Social Security, function 650. Medicare, function 570. Veterans Benefits and Services, function 700. Net Interest, function 900. Military personnel accounts within subfunctional category 051. .
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